Fifty Years a Detective: 35 Real Detective Stories
Thomas Furlong
36 chapters · 11 h 25 min · English
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Hitherto unpublished facts connected with some of Mr. Furlong's greatest cases, Other interesting incidents of his long and strenuous career which really began on September 14, 1862, when he was detailed from his company, (Co. G., 1st Pennsylvania Rifles, better known as the Pennsylvania Bucktails) for special service. - Summary from the Preface
Chapters
1 Preface 3 min 2 Side-Lights on the Business 7 min 3 The Preller Murder Case Part 1 31 min 4 The Preller Murder Case Part 2 28 min 5 The Big Cotton Swindle 52 min 6 A Remarkable Case 21 min 7 Tracing Train Wreckers 28 min 8 Moonshining in the Oil Regions 12 min 9 The Capture of Wess Watts 46 min 10 Solving a Trunk Mystery 15 min 11 The Glencoe Train Robbery 13 min 12 Running Down the Revolutionists 22 min 13 A Dallas Murder Avenged 25 min 14 The Toughest of Tough Towns 35 min 15 The Rohan Express Robbery 15 min 16 Arrest of Lawrence Poyneer 7 min 17 Ticket Forgers Run Down 10 min 18 Conviction of John Collins 17 min 19 Fred Erfert's Fall from Grace 22 min 20 Battle with Would-Be Bandits 19 min 21 The Great Pittsburg Strike 16 min 22 Murder of Conductor Frazier 22 min 23 Fight with a Maniac 5 min 24 Decoying a Bad Man 32 min 25 Tragic Death of Bill Casey 24 min 26 Subduing a Notorious Bully 12 min 27 A Ruse that Worked 18 min 28 Charlie Dalton, Outlaw 9 min 29 Conspirators Handed a Lemon 18 min 30 The Big Southwest Strike 44 min 31 Why I Oppose Rewards 4 min 32 Why I am Opposed to Hanging 6 min 33 A Crooked Doctor's Crime 8 min 34 Capture of a Clever Swindler 14 min 35 Long Hunt for a Defaulter 15 min 36 George Hersogg's Downfall 6 min
